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the deficit will be over $200 billion smaller than it was last year when the deficit was already smaller than the one the president inherited. barack obama turns out to be a reducer of the deficit. but he gets zero credit for this in the press or it turns out with voters. joining us is the man who was supposed to stop problems like that from happening. senior adviser robert gibbs. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> am i blaming you unfairly? >> i think that was quite an intro. i do think you make a series of great points. we forget that before barack obama ever walked into the oval office, president bush had spent a trillion dollars that year. they want to blame -- it's funny. you listen to them talk about it and you forget that that was all under their watch. and so many of the policies that we're trying to unwind right now, we ended the war in afghanistan. we had to put more troops in afghanistan, now we're in the process of bringing more troops home. the bush tax cuts a lot of things that we're having to continue to pay for that are really the result of h
the deficit will be over $200 billion smaller than it was last year when the deficit was already smaller than the one the president inherited. barack obama turns out to be a reducer of the deficit. but he gets zero credit for this in the press or it turns out with voters. joining us is the man who was supposed to stop problems like that from happening. senior adviser robert gibbs. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> am i blaming you unfairly? >> i...
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it's not just the national debt and deficit that president bush left behind. this, for example, is median household income during the bush administration. income went down during the time that president bush was in office. this is the u.s. manufacturing jobs. manufacturing jobs in the united states during the 1990s heading into the year 2000 heading into the bush administration. here is what happened to manufacturing in the united states under president bush. disaster. the manufacturing sector is now rebounding under the current president. look at what happened during the bush administration. throughout most of the 20th century as american workers got more productive, their hourly wages increased as well. if you did more over the course of the hour, you got paid more. worker productivity and hourly wages were tied together as you there. what happened during the bush years. rocker productivity skyrockets, hourly wages remained totally flat. there was one silver lining during the bush years. there was one economic exception to these rules. the sole exception was
it's not just the national debt and deficit that president bush left behind. this, for example, is median household income during the bush administration. income went down during the time that president bush was in office. this is the u.s. manufacturing jobs. manufacturing jobs in the united states during the 1990s heading into the year 2000 heading into the bush administration. here is what happened to manufacturing in the united states under president bush. disaster. the manufacturing sector...
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the deficit number? >> probably the deficit. i think if you are the president's campaign you're less worried about romney's numbers right now. on the one hand the 40% right direction is the highest it has been in 3 1/2 years and any incumbent heading in that is momentum. 53% say the country is headed in the wrong track. i think this for the president is not about mitt romney. those advantages, chuck, on china, foreign policy and the deficit aren't as strong as for usual republicans. and the final point i would make is i think the important thing for this election is that braump has a 52 positive, 42 negative image. mitt romney has a negative image. only two have had a net negative image at this point and one of them loss, george h.w. bush and romney needs to improve that dynamic. >> democratic pollster. thank you very much to both of you. we have to get back in the field. let's keep poling. just two days away from friday's jobs report. we will get a quick preview on wall street on the market run down. and then we are taking a tr
the deficit number? >> probably the deficit. i think if you are the president's campaign you're less worried about romney's numbers right now. on the one hand the 40% right direction is the highest it has been in 3 1/2 years and any incumbent heading in that is momentum. 53% say the country is headed in the wrong track. i think this for the president is not about mitt romney. those advantages, chuck, on china, foreign policy and the deficit aren't as strong as for usual republicans. and...
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. >> we have got to cut this deficit. we've got to balance this budget and we have to leave our children a debt-free nation. >> in fact, scott walker says quote, win or lose paul ryan's ideas will lead the party. right now paul ryan, not mr. romney, looks like the future of the republican party. so what are these ideas of his? ryan wants to ban most abortions. even in cases of rape and incest. he wants to turn medicare into a private voucher program. and he wants to cut taxes for millionaires. starve the government and shrink the safety net. all that is profoundly out of step with how the majority of americans feel on those issues. which is why tonight you won't hear ryan talk much about them. the associated press says tonight's speech will be quote, heavy on personality and lighter on policy. romney's advisers have made him shift focus from ryan's policies positions specifically his controversial budget proposals have caused some headaches for romney. ryan is on the ticket because of ideas. but his ideas are broadly unpo
. >> we have got to cut this deficit. we've got to balance this budget and we have to leave our children a debt-free nation. >> in fact, scott walker says quote, win or lose paul ryan's ideas will lead the party. right now paul ryan, not mr. romney, looks like the future of the republican party. so what are these ideas of his? ryan wants to ban most abortions. even in cases of rape and incest. he wants to turn medicare into a private voucher program. and he wants to cut taxes for...
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five was the budget deficit. so no one's minimizing the importance of the deficit but there really is not a program that deals with the other four and they are using extreme measures and cutting up various entitlements and americans that want to deal with the deficit. >> i think what happened in 2010 and democrats in a way allowed this to happen is that the republicans succeeded in making the deficit a central issue and a stand in for people's economic worries across the board. >> right. >> i think now it's much clearer to people that these two things are related but they are quite separate and there are moments when balancing the budget or cutting spending on things like schools and public safety can actually make unemployment worse. i think something else important has happened, which is the health care law was very unpopular on election day back then. the health care law is gaining ground. and they were demobilized, the democrats last time. they are not demobilized this time. >> they were strutting around, the
five was the budget deficit. so no one's minimizing the importance of the deficit but there really is not a program that deals with the other four and they are using extreme measures and cutting up various entitlements and americans that want to deal with the deficit. >> i think what happened in 2010 and democrats in a way allowed this to happen is that the republicans succeeded in making the deficit a central issue and a stand in for people's economic worries across the board. >>...
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you're talking about dealing with a deficit and debt, trillions of dollars of deficits. there is no possible way, mathematically, to deal with this without revenues as well as some spending cuts. they don't want to talk about revenues. let me tell you about cuts. you cannot balance it without cutting defense spending. that is one area. now they want to increase defense spending, have tax cuts, and somehow balance the budget. it is mathematical nonsense. >> alice, do you dispute that? >> well, it's mathematical nonsense for us to say we can continue down the road we've been on. >> specifically with the defense cuts that chris was specific regarding, i mean, can you answer that without going around it? >> well, let me just say this. it's beyond the point of continuing to blame the previous administration for this fiscal problem we're in right now. >> it is not a question of blaming the previous administration. it's a fact. >> this situation, three years into his presidency, it will be a one-term proposition and that is exactly what we're going to see. >> tell the american
you're talking about dealing with a deficit and debt, trillions of dollars of deficits. there is no possible way, mathematically, to deal with this without revenues as well as some spending cuts. they don't want to talk about revenues. let me tell you about cuts. you cannot balance it without cutting defense spending. that is one area. now they want to increase defense spending, have tax cuts, and somehow balance the budget. it is mathematical nonsense. >> alice, do you dispute that?...
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he has trillion dollar deficits for the next ten years. you can criticize paul ryan and criticize the republicans and the senate has not produced a budget in over three years. the democrats aren't serious about fiscal responsibility. >> these are silly points. >> wait. >> let me say this. >> if it is silly, julian, why thaent they produced a budget in three years. >> let me explain that. they're never paid attention to anyway. what matters is proengss bills which the senate has done. when your president, president bush game into office we had a projected $6 trillion surplus. he left us with an $11 trillion debt. >> let julian finish. >> we were in a recession and we have come from losing 800,000 jobs a month, ron, to gaining about 200,000 on average. >> funny, martin, it is always i have to wait for them but you cut me off. >> no, no. >> wait. >> it is just courtesy when he is speaking. >> and the courtesy would be nice to be shown as well. >> it is being extended even as we speak. >> even as we week. you know darn well, you're a daughter.
he has trillion dollar deficits for the next ten years. you can criticize paul ryan and criticize the republicans and the senate has not produced a budget in over three years. the democrats aren't serious about fiscal responsibility. >> these are silly points. >> wait. >> let me say this. >> if it is silly, julian, why thaent they produced a budget in three years. >> let me explain that. they're never paid attention to anyway. what matters is proengss bills which...
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that will go nowhere near closing the deficit that his budget would make worse. so you know, he had a few one liners there but the biggest joke of all is that the very thing he is talking about, he would take us further and further away from. you know, the voters will have a choice and his choice, he may have identified a problem but his solutions are no better than anything we've seen. in fact they're worse. >> that's fair. >> of course it's not fair. it is truthful -- >> what did you hear that would substantively reduce the deficit? >> first of all when he says we need to stop spending money in washington, he's absolutely right. no, i'm actually going to give you the truth. the percentage of spending to gdp is 24%. the average post world war ii average of gdp spending is 21%. we are spending far too much money in these times. so when you say -- >> how is mitt romney going to increase the size of the military and shrink everything else and control the deficit? i can't work that out. sorry. go ahead? >> and he is going to cut taxes. how does he close the deficit
that will go nowhere near closing the deficit that his budget would make worse. so you know, he had a few one liners there but the biggest joke of all is that the very thing he is talking about, he would take us further and further away from. you know, the voters will have a choice and his choice, he may have identified a problem but his solutions are no better than anything we've seen. in fact they're worse. >> that's fair. >> of course it's not fair. it is truthful -- >>...
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what are you specifically talking about, taxes, reducing the deficit? to help small business. >> again, different people have different things that concern them. my biggest concern as a business owner is our national debt and our deficit. it is a concern to me so see that kind of thing and what it will do to our children, what it will do to my expenses going forward, what it will do to my retirement. i have concerns about that. i would like to see a plan to see which candidate is going to reduce the deficit over a period of time. however, no matter what plan that they present, i've got to say i'm not quite sure if they even know if that's going to work or not. >> the only party i belong to is the entrepreneur party. not liberal, not republican, it's nothing more than people wanting to be smart about starting their businesses. that's always been my thought. so i get really tired of hearing that if we change the tax system somehow, this is going to make more money. people change their businesses to make more money. not taxes. the socioeconomic changes tha
what are you specifically talking about, taxes, reducing the deficit? to help small business. >> again, different people have different things that concern them. my biggest concern as a business owner is our national debt and our deficit. it is a concern to me so see that kind of thing and what it will do to our children, what it will do to my expenses going forward, what it will do to my retirement. i have concerns about that. i would like to see a plan to see which candidate is going to...
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his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. so iowa, you know, everybody here has heard of the new deal. you've heard of the fair deal. you've heard of the square deal. mitt romney's trying to sell you a sketchy deal. >> i just think that the american people had expected that the president of the united states would be able to describe what he's going to do in the next four years, but he can't. he can't even explain what he's done in the last four years. i mean, he spends most of his time trying to talking about how my plan won't work. well, what about his plan? >> that's president barack obama in iowa and mitt romney in virginia at campaign rallies today, continuing the fight from last night or trying to. joining us tonight is dan rather, the host of "dan rather reports" on ax cyst tv. glad to have you here. >> always glad to be here. >> the first debate was a big and consequential win for governor romney. that tracks with incumbents beating challengers in first debates. how do you think president obama's rebound performance l
his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. so iowa, you know, everybody here has heard of the new deal. you've heard of the fair deal. you've heard of the square deal. mitt romney's trying to sell you a sketchy deal. >> i just think that the american people had expected that the president of the united states would be able to describe what he's going to do in the next four years, but he can't. he can't even explain what he's done in the last four years. i mean, he spends most of his...
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he was ready to go big on the deficit reduction package and the republicans didn't come to the plate. in fact, paul ryan played a real role in that telling his own leadership that if we do that, this is going to walk president obama right into a second term. so president obama was willing to put -- >> i agree. >> he's also willing to raise taxes. go back to the old rates and let the bush tax cuts expire, which would bring more money into the treasury. but no one talks about how much money that would actually be. do you know? >> yes, i know. it would be for the top rates, it's over a trillion dollars. >> so it would help. >> it would help a lot but we need to let them expire for everybody. that's $2.5 trillion. there's a trillion dollars worth of loopholes easy. cut the rates, give everybody a big tax rate and they ought to be paying their fair share. $200 billion is due to capital gains and other investment preferences. how do you think mitt romney got a 14.9% tax rate. are they going to get rid of the health deduction for employer plans and so forth? are they going to get rid of reti
he was ready to go big on the deficit reduction package and the republicans didn't come to the plate. in fact, paul ryan played a real role in that telling his own leadership that if we do that, this is going to walk president obama right into a second term. so president obama was willing to put -- >> i agree. >> he's also willing to raise taxes. go back to the old rates and let the bush tax cuts expire, which would bring more money into the treasury. but no one talks about how much...
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you've got to cut the deficit. you've got to stop spending more money than we take in. >> is that a strong message, rich? >> sure. but let me go back to the issue about the auto industry. first of all, we own a significant part of gm. and gm's stock price has to get to $54 a share to break even, which it will never do. when part of the solyndra issue, putting aside the politics of it, part of the real solyndra issue was that the chinese were dumping cells on the u.s. market and the administration did nothing back in those days. it's interesting, i think, to everybody that here we are 50 days out and suddenly the administration is deciding to start to talk about trade policy while he's in ohio. that's one of the advantages of being an incumbent. >> do you think that's a stronger message than, hey, we saved the auto industry, you're still working? >> it is if you're a union worker, not so much if you're a delphi worker and you lost your job and your pension. clearly that's aimed at the base union vote. i think for th
you've got to cut the deficit. you've got to stop spending more money than we take in. >> is that a strong message, rich? >> sure. but let me go back to the issue about the auto industry. first of all, we own a significant part of gm. and gm's stock price has to get to $54 a share to break even, which it will never do. when part of the solyndra issue, putting aside the politics of it, part of the real solyndra issue was that the chinese were dumping cells on the u.s. market and the...
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so mitt romney will cut the deficit by doing something that will add to the deficit. the other thing he brought up, pbs. the only specific that mitt romney gave in terms of how he will cut the deficit. the only detail he provided was that he would eliminate 1/100th of 1% of the budget. there have been lots of attempts to put the number in sper perspective. here's more. >> the federal share of the corporation for public broadcasting is about $450 million this year. that $450 million is about what the pentagon spends every six hours. >> six hours. to be clear, mr. romney and mr. ryan's idea for the deficit to save the country from fiscal disaster and pay for the stuff they want to do that's really expensive, their plan is to eliminate six hour's worth of defense spending. one-fourth of one day's worth of defense spending. at the same time, to make overall defense spending go like this. because, you know, they are the numbers guys. math. >>> i just find it troubling that the president's message -- the president's focus -- 28 days from election day is big bird. >> these a
so mitt romney will cut the deficit by doing something that will add to the deficit. the other thing he brought up, pbs. the only specific that mitt romney gave in terms of how he will cut the deficit. the only detail he provided was that he would eliminate 1/100th of 1% of the budget. there have been lots of attempts to put the number in sper perspective. here's more. >> the federal share of the corporation for public broadcasting is about $450 million this year. that $450 million is...
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-- new deficit neutral. no cost to the deficit and cutting $5 trillion mainly for the wealthy. let's watch. >> with regards to that tax cut, look, i'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i want to underline that. no tax cut that adds to the deficit. >> paul ryan just days before the debate last week directly contradicted romney. ryan said lowering the tax rates was more important than anything else, including getting rid of those deductions to pay for them supposedly. let's watch. >> what's most important to romney, would he scale back on the 20% tax cut for the wealthy? would he scale back and say, okay, we're going to have to raise taxes for the middle class? i guess the question is what's most important to him in his tax reform plan -- >> keeping tax rates down. by lowering tax rates, people keep more of the next dollar they earn. >> that's more important -- >> that's more importa
-- new deficit neutral. no cost to the deficit and cutting $5 trillion mainly for the wealthy. let's watch. >> with regards to that tax cut, look, i'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i want to underline that. no tax cut that adds to the deficit. >> paul ryan just days before the debate last week directly contradicted romney. ryan said lowering the tax...
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and obviously tax rates and deficits have effect on the jobs picture. but the -- the president has had the winning hand on taxes for a long time. and it's a weird thing, right? traditionally republicans promising to cut taxes wins the argument. the president said i want to raise taxes and has gone into the teeth of that, raising taxes on the wealthy. romney's plan is obviously vague and ridiculous. we can talk later about the concept of dynamic scoring the magic pixie dust that can make all of the internal mathematical contradictions fly away. in the end a lot of voters, the truth is neither the tax issue specifically, nor the deficit issue specifically, is really what they're focused on. what they're focused on more who has a credible plan to make america grow faster and make wages rise and put people back to work. and those other pieces are maybe part of that puzzle but that's what they want to hear and it's the issue that seems to matter most to voters especially the swing state voters who haven't made up their mind yet. >> talking about credible pla
and obviously tax rates and deficits have effect on the jobs picture. but the -- the president has had the winning hand on taxes for a long time. and it's a weird thing, right? traditionally republicans promising to cut taxes wins the argument. the president said i want to raise taxes and has gone into the teeth of that, raising taxes on the wealthy. romney's plan is obviously vague and ridiculous. we can talk later about the concept of dynamic scoring the magic pixie dust that can make all of...
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he cares about the deficit like no one cares about the deficit in this country. i intend to pick up that mantle and deal with the farm bill and energy policy and help our state become successful. >> former tax commissioner, former attorney general, mom, survivor of cancer. you've got quite a resume. heidi, good luck to you. thank you. >> thanks, ed. >> you bet. >> and she's a friend of mine. you can tell. >>> coming up, republicans just can't handle the truth. but the people have spoken. i'll show the fact deniers, just what this year's election results really mean. >>> and as we head to break, one of the great harbingers of the holiday season has arrived here at 30 rock in new york city. rockefeller center. it's an 80-footer, folks. it's a norway, all the way from the great state of new jersey. and seeing that i have some producers on staff from new jersey, i can call it a great state. 'tis the season. you're watching "the ed show" on msnbc. stay with us. >>> and we always love hearing from our viewers on twitter ade edshow and on our facebook tonight. tonight,
he cares about the deficit like no one cares about the deficit in this country. i intend to pick up that mantle and deal with the farm bill and energy policy and help our state become successful. >> former tax commissioner, former attorney general, mom, survivor of cancer. you've got quite a resume. heidi, good luck to you. thank you. >> thanks, ed. >> you bet. >> and she's a friend of mine. you can tell. >>> coming up, republicans just can't handle the truth....
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the deficit has gone up. but 90% is a consequence of two wars that weren't paid for, as a consequence of tax cuts that weren't paid for, a prescription drug plan that was not paid for, and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. >> and the two tangoed on foreign policy. >> the troops should have been brought back not in september. >> i say we go after al qaeda. u they've been decembersy mated. that we go after bin laden, he's gone. i've excute on my foreign policy. it's one that the americans largely agree with. if governor romney is suggesting we should start another war, he should say so. >> and they clashed on the stance on israel. >> the president's stance not to meet with netanyahu when the prime minister is here for the united nations is a mistake and sends a message that somehow we distance ourselves from our friends. >> i have conversations with prime minister netanyahu all the time and i understand and share president netanyahu's insis tans that iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon.
the deficit has gone up. but 90% is a consequence of two wars that weren't paid for, as a consequence of tax cuts that weren't paid for, a prescription drug plan that was not paid for, and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. >> and the two tangoed on foreign policy. >> the troops should have been brought back not in september. >> i say we go after al qaeda. u they've been decembersy mated. that we go after bin laden, he's gone. i've excute on my foreign...
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you have to cut the deficit. we have to stop spending more money than we take in. and finally, champion small business. have tax policies, regulations and health care policies that help small business. we put those in place, we'll add 12 million new jobs in four years. >> real good generic pab lumbar. after paying lip service to the middle class, romney talks about trade, the deficit, small business. offers no specifics because his campaign has no message for the middle class in this country. mitt romney doesn't even understand what the middle class is all about. here's romney in a recent interview. watch this. >> middle class is $200,000 or less. don't raise taxes on middle income people. lower them. >> middle class is between $200,000 and $250,000 a year? he's so out of touch he believes that. the republican party has done nothing to appeal to the middle class in this country. the largest voting bloc in this country has been i guegnored ins campaign season by the republicans across the board. on the question who is better in advancing issues of the middle class,
you have to cut the deficit. we have to stop spending more money than we take in. and finally, champion small business. have tax policies, regulations and health care policies that help small business. we put those in place, we'll add 12 million new jobs in four years. >> real good generic pab lumbar. after paying lip service to the middle class, romney talks about trade, the deficit, small business. offers no specifics because his campaign has no message for the middle class in this...
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. >> it pays for 6% of the president's proposed deficit spending. two, it represents a huge tax increase on job creators. why don't we stop subsidizing the rich? why are we subsidizing warren buffett's? >> i love to get ron in on this as well, this is shaping up as the populace versus budget cutting general themes of the campaign. >> no question, andrea. look, the white house and the obama campaign believe they have something with the buffett rule. you have the president speaking about it today in florida, vice president biden speaking about it late in the pledging it's a center piece going forward. the thing i say, and i continue to say this when i see paul ryan is speaking publicly, if he's trying to be the vice president, he's doing the kind of things that mitt romney would need a vice president to do. he's using pretty hot rhetoric, tantrums, pixie dust, pushing back very hard on the president of the united states which is traditionally that kind of attack dog role that the vice president assumes. i'm not saying, i'm just saying. >> you're just
. >> it pays for 6% of the president's proposed deficit spending. two, it represents a huge tax increase on job creators. why don't we stop subsidizing the rich? why are we subsidizing warren buffett's? >> i love to get ron in on this as well, this is shaping up as the populace versus budget cutting general themes of the campaign. >> no question, andrea. look, the white house and the obama campaign believe they have something with the buffett rule. you have the president...
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he cares about the deficit like no one cares about the deficit in this country. i intend to pick up that mantle and deal with farm bill and help our stay become busy. >> heidi being good luck to you. thank you. and she's a friend of mine. you can tell. >> thank, ed. >> coming up, i'll show the fat deniers. and as we head to new york break, one of the great hashi harbingers. 'tis the season. you're watching "the ed show." stay with us. ♪ i'd have nothing to prove ♪ i'd have nothing to lose ♪ i'd be all lost at sea ♪ with no reason to make it through ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the celebration diamond collection. ♪ if it wasn't for you [ male announcer ] diamonds so expertly cut, we guarantee them for life. zales is the diamond store. let love shine. with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the st
he cares about the deficit like no one cares about the deficit in this country. i intend to pick up that mantle and deal with farm bill and help our stay become busy. >> heidi being good luck to you. thank you. and she's a friend of mine. you can tell. >> thank, ed. >> coming up, i'll show the fat deniers. and as we head to new york break, one of the great hashi harbingers. 'tis the season. you're watching "the ed show." stay with us. ♪ i'd have nothing to prove...
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mitt romney is parading around the country as you know telling us how he will reduce the deficit. isn't mitt romney an example of why this country's performance in math is about 21st in the world and behind kazakhstan? he can't count. his program of tax cuts and increased spending on the military would actually increase the deficit according to the committee for responsible federal budget. it wouldn't decrease it. it would increase it. >> absolutely. i mean, his budget proposals increased national debt far more than any of the other proposals that are on the table. this is far from the astute business person he holds himself out to be. this is a person who would drive this country off the cliff. >> last week republicans pushed through their budget bill as you know, hr 5262 and that slashes $300 million from the budget for 2013. it cuts meals on wheels and other home-based services for 1.7 million seniors and it cuts transportation and respite care for nearly 1 million disabled adults. so i have to ask you, sir, are the poor, the elderly and disabled, the only people that republica
mitt romney is parading around the country as you know telling us how he will reduce the deficit. isn't mitt romney an example of why this country's performance in math is about 21st in the world and behind kazakhstan? he can't count. his program of tax cuts and increased spending on the military would actually increase the deficit according to the committee for responsible federal budget. it wouldn't decrease it. it would increase it. >> absolutely. i mean, his budget proposals increased...
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and handling the deficit, romney has a wider margin thereof 51-38. how does the president deal with convincing the american people during these tough times, he can handle the economy better than romney and break ahead as he is in other areas in the polling? >> well, it depends to some extent on events. he is in the process of doing it. all of the numbers that you site are significant improvements for him. it he is markable for a republican to be better on tax policy. people understand exactly what he is saying. what congresswoman edwards just say, which is that accident want to raise taxes on the middle class, he just wants the top 2% to pay their fair share. event will matter but we have also seen a primary season in which mitt romney convinced people he doesn't understand their problems. he's not on their side. i know, his difficulty is not that he's rich, it is that he comes across as someone who would be a president for the rich, not the people. that kind of stark contrast will be driven, i think, all the way through this campaign to november. >>
and handling the deficit, romney has a wider margin thereof 51-38. how does the president deal with convincing the american people during these tough times, he can handle the economy better than romney and break ahead as he is in other areas in the polling? >> well, it depends to some extent on events. he is in the process of doing it. all of the numbers that you site are significant improvements for him. it he is markable for a republican to be better on tax policy. people understand...
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he has given us deficit and debt. >> we can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> that's right, we can't spend money we don't have. wait a second, i'm getting late breaking word -- wait a minute, right, the control room is telling me it's not paid for? that's right, this very week, the house gop pushed a plan to cut $33 billion from food stamps in the name of fiscal responsibility. and yet, today, their looking to add $46 billion to the deficit. 46 is still bigger than 33, right? this isn't right, and this is the kind of unfair policy that the republicans and willard romney want the american public to accept. joining me now is emanuel creed, and david corn, washington bureau chief and his new book is "showdown." thank you both for joining me. >> good to be with you. >> congressman, let me start to you, what do you make of canter's small business plan for oprah, trump, and paris? >> i voted against it because it is not a mom and pop proposal. it is a small business bamboozle. and what we are seeing, is in one year, if this proposal makes it to the president's desk, and if he sign
he has given us deficit and debt. >> we can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> that's right, we can't spend money we don't have. wait a second, i'm getting late breaking word -- wait a minute, right, the control room is telling me it's not paid for? that's right, this very week, the house gop pushed a plan to cut $33 billion from food stamps in the name of fiscal responsibility. and yet, today, their looking to add $46 billion to the deficit. 46 is still bigger than 33,...
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they say he's doubled the deficit, he's brought it down by hundreds of millions of dollars since he took office. when the. s picked their nominee this guy, a guy whose campaign book was called "no apology" because this guy invented the idea of an american apology tour for president obama that he wanted to run against even though he never apologized. we should have known this was going to be a campaign that was going to aim its attacks against things that president obama never actually did. so whether it's the deficit attack or the guns attack or the phoney religious freedom attack or the phoney apology tour attack, we have ended up with a campaign that has not much been about assessing the real things that really have happened these past four years. whether you agree with them or not, a lot has happened these past four years. it's worthy of debate. it's at least worthy of appreciating. four years after what you're looking at here, four years after that historic night when the nation elections our first african-american president, we're in the position to make a decision not that will res
they say he's doubled the deficit, he's brought it down by hundreds of millions of dollars since he took office. when the. s picked their nominee this guy, a guy whose campaign book was called "no apology" because this guy invented the idea of an american apology tour for president obama that he wanted to run against even though he never apologized. we should have known this was going to be a campaign that was going to aim its attacks against things that president obama never actually...
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he didn't talk about the deficit. he didn't make mention to how he was going to specifically lower the deficit. >> this has been -- this has popped up. they clearly believe this is a weak point for the president. >> look, what i think the president talked about is a balanced plan. as he talked about last night, we're going to have to make some tough spending cuts. we're going to need to ask mitt romney and others, including barack obama, to pay their fair share, to pay a little bit more. certainly the president talked about taxpayers and do this in a way to allow us to invest in important things, like education and things that we know will grow our economy. mitt romney wants to start the deficit conversation with $5 trillion new romney tax cut and a defense spending cut that the pentagon doesn't want. higher taxes on the middle class and drastic cut to the important investments. >> i want to shift to libya here. here was the president on libya. >> secretary clinton has done an extraordinary job but she works for me. i
he didn't talk about the deficit. he didn't make mention to how he was going to specifically lower the deficit. >> this has been -- this has popped up. they clearly believe this is a weak point for the president. >> look, what i think the president talked about is a balanced plan. as he talked about last night, we're going to have to make some tough spending cuts. we're going to need to ask mitt romney and others, including barack obama, to pay their fair share, to pay a little bit...
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it's the only area that he beats the president 4% in terms of the deficit. but before you celebrate that -- >> i'm crating t >> -- the bloomberg poll finds that 50% of americans view him unfavorably. 50%. that's the worst september rating for a presidential challenger in three decades of the poll. the worst. d u'veot republicans saying, just wait for the debates. that's when people are going to tune in. >>very time he's had one of these moments -- and every time he's had one of these moments, not only has he fled to calin em, in fact, he's fallen further behind. i don't think mitt romney is up to the task of turning this thing around and i don't think there are enough undecided voters left. >> bob, he's still digging in, feeling he could win whi workclsoter ihi this welfare claim. he's sticking to his guns on the claim that the president wants to roll back work requirements for welfare even though politofact take a look at what he says. >> any time there's anything that has been amiss, we correct or remove it. >> even theelfare act? >> absolutely. look, it h
it's the only area that he beats the president 4% in terms of the deficit. but before you celebrate that -- >> i'm crating t >> -- the bloomberg poll finds that 50% of americans view him unfavorably. 50%. that's the worst september rating for a presidential challenger in three decades of the poll. the worst. d u'veot republicans saying, just wait for the debates. that's when people are going to tune in. >>very time he's had one of these moments -- and every time he's had one...
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reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where we can and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. >> last night, the president was certainly aggressive. romney may have played it safe but made no major mistakes and his supporters also declared victory. analysts point out there's agreement on many key issues. on style, the president with zingers an pulled out the most quoted one when romney mentioned the navy. >> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> i think governor romney maybe hasn't spent time looking at how the military works. you mentioned navy, for example. fewer ships than in 1916. governor, we fewer horses than bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. >> i want to bring in dana mill bank for "the washington post" and melissa dowdy for the associated press. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> good morning. >> let's play this with john mccain. >> i don't understand why the president seems to want to take these kind of cheap shots. bayonets and horses. what's that all about? you know? when i debated then senator obama, i didn't criticize or
reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where we can and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. >> last night, the president was certainly aggressive. romney may have played it safe but made no major mistakes and his supporters also declared victory. analysts point out there's agreement on many key issues. on style, the president with zingers an pulled out the most quoted one when romney mentioned the navy. >> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> i think...
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. >> from day one, president romney focuses on the economy and the deficit. from day one as president, mitt romney's leadership will make all the difference on jobs. >> of course, the economy isn't where it needs to be. >> the private sector's doing fine. >> well, mr. president, you've had your moment. >> day one, president romney moved to appeal the obama care and attacks the deficit. then romney moves to cut taxes. president romney stands up to china. president romney reverses obama's offshore drilling ban. day one, repeal obama care. mitt romney has a plan it get america working. >> that was the mitt romney campaign in a capsule from june via about a dozen different ads. the economy, the economy, and the economy, and down with on care and tax cuts and the economy. the specific reference to china, drill, baby, drill, the economy. then july -- >> where did the obama stimulus money go? >> they will run more than it had been run in the history of the world. >> obama's dishonest campaign, another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> it's time
. >> from day one, president romney focuses on the economy and the deficit. from day one as president, mitt romney's leadership will make all the difference on jobs. >> of course, the economy isn't where it needs to be. >> the private sector's doing fine. >> well, mr. president, you've had your moment. >> day one, president romney moved to appeal the obama care and attacks the deficit. then romney moves to cut taxes. president romney stands up to china. president...
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give massive tax cuts to those at the top which will increase the deficit and the debt. that's the recipe that led to the crash of 2008. now, you have a lot of these guys who only care about themselves. who know that they can go out there and recklessly gamble, make billions of dollars. and if things go bad, they're going to say they're too big to fail. the average guy has to come and rescue them. that's what we have to get over. that's what we can't afford to repeat. then you have the democratic cry babies on wall street. the people who just can't believe that the president's denounced speculation. so their feelings are hurt. and they're going to support someone whose economic policies would hurt the economy and ultimately the stock market too. >> now ana marie, when you make a position or take a position that's one thing. i think that he's even gone further than that. let me let you hear where he said people who want to go after the rich and raise their taxes should be ashamed. look at this. >> i don't want to raise the individual marginal tax rate from 35% to 40%. i k
give massive tax cuts to those at the top which will increase the deficit and the debt. that's the recipe that led to the crash of 2008. now, you have a lot of these guys who only care about themselves. who know that they can go out there and recklessly gamble, make billions of dollars. and if things go bad, they're going to say they're too big to fail. the average guy has to come and rescue them. that's what we have to get over. that's what we can't afford to repeat. then you have the...
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you know, whether you are talking about the deficit and the debt, their numbers don't add up, and they say one other thing. on medicare the very cuts that are attacking the president on, are the cuts that were in the ryan budget. if that's not hypocrisy, i'm want sure what is, and i think the problem they have is trying to explain such a fundamental restructuring of the program that is so vital to seniors. and that i think is difficult you should the best of circumstances, but no one is going to trust a ticket that goes out there and talks about how they're going to save medicare when they're basically going to gut it because once you go to a privateized system, even if it's for 55 years old and younger, what you basically are doing is saying you're on your own. once you hit 65, you're on your own. here's your voucher. go fit in the private market. that is not the purpose and the rule of medicare. it wasn't what it was designed for. it's not what the american people and seniors want. >> let's talk about what's going on right now in new hampshire, and we're going to hear some questions
you know, whether you are talking about the deficit and the debt, their numbers don't add up, and they say one other thing. on medicare the very cuts that are attacking the president on, are the cuts that were in the ryan budget. if that's not hypocrisy, i'm want sure what is, and i think the problem they have is trying to explain such a fundamental restructuring of the program that is so vital to seniors. and that i think is difficult you should the best of circumstances, but no one is going...
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so they're already starting with a trust deficit on an issue where they haven't quite locked in on a message frankly that is going to get them even with democrats. as we saw from the aarp response today. >> we played a clip of paul ryan being booed when he was talking about wanting to repeal obama care. he was booed throughout the speech. i once asked nancy pelosi at a live event, when george bush came back after reelection and said he wanted to privatize social security, how did you beat that? she said, well, there was a big fight in washington about whether or not we should put up our own plan for doing something else to social security besides privatizing and i quashed all that, i used my power in washington to say no. we have a plan. we do have a plan on social security. you want to know what it's called? it's called social security. she felt that playing pure defense on that, no, we need to protect this thing that americans know and love was the way that president bush not only lost that fight but i think it -- it was a part of of the economic reason his second term was scuttled
so they're already starting with a trust deficit on an issue where they haven't quite locked in on a message frankly that is going to get them even with democrats. as we saw from the aarp response today. >> we played a clip of paul ryan being booed when he was talking about wanting to repeal obama care. he was booed throughout the speech. i once asked nancy pelosi at a live event, when george bush came back after reelection and said he wanted to privatize social security, how did you beat...
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because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? >>> mitt romney is trying to close the gender gap before the election, but meryl streep is trying to stop him. and mitt romney is now afraid of answering questions from kids. the kids on nickelodeon. something that john mccain and barack obama did. why is mitt so afraid of the kids? with the spark cash card from capital one, sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve the most rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your invoice. starts with arthritis pain and a choice.
because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? >>> mitt romney is trying to close the gender gap before the election, but meryl streep is trying to stop him. and mitt romney is now afraid of answering questions from kids. the kids on nickelodeon. something that john mccain and barack obama did. why is mitt so afraid of the kids? with the spark cash card...
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president obama has adopted policies that have already begun to reduce our deficit. and would do it even more if we could just get republicans to work with us and support president obama's budget that would reduce the deficit by $4 trillion. but reverend al, you know they only care about one job, barack obama's. we care about american jobs and continuing to fight for working families and get this economy turned around. >> we saw a lot of exaggerations. i said everywhere that i went lies in the republican convention. are we going to deal with a lot of truth and exposing their lies this week? >> well, president obama is going to have an honest conversation with the american people and talk about where we've been. when he first was elected and took office, the economy was hemorrhaging 750,000 jobs a month. now thanks to his policies we are better off after four years of his policies. we've had 29 straight months of job growth in the private sector as you said. a resurgence in the manufacturing sector. creating jobs in manufacturing, a big deal in north carolina by the w
president obama has adopted policies that have already begun to reduce our deficit. and would do it even more if we could just get republicans to work with us and support president obama's budget that would reduce the deficit by $4 trillion. but reverend al, you know they only care about one job, barack obama's. we care about american jobs and continuing to fight for working families and get this economy turned around. >> we saw a lot of exaggerations. i said everywhere that i went lies...
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you've called the debt and our deficit a moral crisis and yet in addition to extending the bush tax cuts you want to cut tax rates an additional 20%. you've rejected a 10-1 spending ratio when it comes to spending to increasing taxes. and yet you want to balance the budget. the math simply doesn't add up, does it? >> actually it does. five different economic studies including one at harvard, princeton, aei and a couple at the "wall street journal" all show that if we bring down our o top rates and go across the board, bring down rates for everyone in america, but also limit deductions and exemptions for people at the high end, you can keep the progressivity in the code, remain revenue neutral and you create an enormous incentive -- >> you haven't specified where you'd cut loopholes. you actually want to increase defense spending in addition to aulg of that. >> i want to maintain defense spending at the current level of the gdp. i don't want to keep bringing it down as the president's doing. this sequestration of the white house cutting our defense is an extraordinary miscalculation. >> r
you've called the debt and our deficit a moral crisis and yet in addition to extending the bush tax cuts you want to cut tax rates an additional 20%. you've rejected a 10-1 spending ratio when it comes to spending to increasing taxes. and yet you want to balance the budget. the math simply doesn't add up, does it? >> actually it does. five different economic studies including one at harvard, princeton, aei and a couple at the "wall street journal" all show that if we bring down...
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deficit too high? try another. feel a cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> one thing is clear from both charlotte and tampa, this is an election aimed at the bases and little effort is extended to win the few remaining voters. i thought last night's speech was great. not soaring oratory on purpose but it was campaigning on prose. it was the mark of a mature writer to not go for the poetry we saw in '04 and '08, but strong, confident, and resolute and the foreign policy smackdown was devastating. feels good as a democrat to own foreign policy and not run from that. in the end when he's appropriating the marine language, we leave no one behind, he's the commander in chief saying if you like what i did militarily you'll like what i accomplish domestically. >> i think you're being aj litte generous, not surprisingly, these were great speeches from michelle obama and bill clinton. they were great speeches. his felt like a thud. reporters think president obama's speech was lame, meanderin
deficit too high? try another. feel a cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> one thing is clear from both charlotte and tampa, this is an election aimed at the bases and little effort is extended to win the few remaining voters. i thought last night's speech was great. not soaring oratory on purpose but it was campaigning on prose. it was the mark of a mature writer to not go for the poetry we saw in '04 and '08, but strong, confident,...
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we have got to tackle the deficit and the debt and the issue is not whether we tackle the deficit and deb issue. what the president says we need to take a balanced approach, like the bill proposed by simpson bowles. they say we're not going to ask people like mitt romney to pay one more penny. but they whack everybody else harder. his plan, if you look at his plan, it follows a balanced approach. it makes some very tough cuts, but it also -- if you -- you're going to cut deeply into our kids education and you're going to ask middle income people so that mitt romney can pay less. this is the question, they didn't want to talk about what republicans would do, they just want to talk about the president. >>> up next, chicagoland, thumbs of charlotte, we have got two of president obama's biggest illinois allies here. governor pat quinn. conventi c -- there's more on the schedule for today. but first we look at the schedules of president obama and mitt romney. we will see the president make his way right here to charlotte. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima
we have got to tackle the deficit and the debt and the issue is not whether we tackle the deficit and deb issue. what the president says we need to take a balanced approach, like the bill proposed by simpson bowles. they say we're not going to ask people like mitt romney to pay one more penny. but they whack everybody else harder. his plan, if you look at his plan, it follows a balanced approach. it makes some very tough cuts, but it also -- if you -- you're going to cut deeply into our kids...